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The Minnesota Board of Pharmacy has reprimanded, fined and placed two pharmacists who worked at Market Pharmacy in Bemidji on probation. The board issued disciplinary orders last week for actions taken by Robert Paulson and Thomas Kriz before the pharmacy was sold this spring to Thrifty White Pharmacy. Paulson must pay a $5,000 civil penalty and was placed on probation with the board for three years. Kriz must pay a $1,000 civil penalty and was placed on probation with the board for two years. Market Pharmacy dispensed painkillers through the Internet to a St.

A former Bemidji woman and her two children have died in an apparent triple homicide in northern California. Oroville Police Chief Kirk Trostle identified the victims as Lea Shelton, 30, Lillyonna Grigsby, 3, and 18-month-old Isaac Shelton, according to an article posted Saturday on the Oroville Mercury-Register Web site. Shelton and her children were found dead at about 3 p.m.

Charles Giammona has been removed from his role as provost of Northwest Technical College, according to Jon Quistgaard, president of NTC and Bemidji State University. Quistgaard informed NTC staff of the removal by e-mail Tuesday. The e-mail states that Giammona's last day of employment with the college was Monday.

The Minnesota Board of Pharmacy has reprimanded, fined and placed two pharmacists who worked at Market Pharmacy in Bemidji on probation. The board issued disciplinary orders last week for actions taken by Robert Paulson and Thomas Kriz before the pharmacy was sold this spring to Thrifty White Pharmacy. Market Pharmacy dispensed painkillers through the Internet to a St. Cloud, Minn., man who later died from a prescription drug overdose, according to an article Tuesday in the St. Cloud Times. The civil sanctions against the pharmacists in Bemidji were for violations of U.S.

Charles Giammona has been removed from his role as provost of Northwest Technical College, according to Jon Quistgaard, president of NTC and Bemidji State University. Quistgaard informed NTC staff of the removal by e-mail Tuesday. The e-mail states that Giammona's last day of employment with the college was Monday.

A former Cass Lake-Bena Middle School teacher was sentenced Monday for charges in a case in which he sent pornographic pictures of children back and forth on the Internet to other people. Before Judge Paul Benshoof in Beltrami County District Court, Eddie Eugene Himes, 65, of Bemidji, was sentenced for four counts of felony possession of child pornography and one count of felony dissemination of child pornography. Himes received a total of an 84-month stay of execution on a series of conditions for 12 years of supervised probation.

A Bemidji man was pronounced dead Saturday morning following an accident on Hubbard County Road 9 in Fern Township. A deputy found the driver, Brent Allen Holm, 35, under a totally damaged vehicle, according to Hubbard County Sheriff Gary Mills. After an extrication process, Holm was pronounced dead. The Hubbard County Sheriff's Office received a report of a vehicle in the ditch at 5:59 a.m. Saturday.

The Bemidji regional events center design team has revised plans to include a two-level arena and other reductions to bring costs within budget. "The last estimate showed that we were not within budget for the previous scheme," Bill Merrill, vice president of sports and assembly with Leo A. Daly, told Bemidji City Council members, city staff and community representatives Monday. The council approved a total cost of $90.7 million for the south shore development project, which includes the events center. However, the latest estimate from Cost, Planning & Management International Inc.

A Bemidji man was pronounced dead Saturday morning following an accident on Hubbard County Road 9 in Fern Township. A deputy found the driver, Brent Allen Holm, 35, under a totally damaged vehicle, according to Hubbard County Sheriff Gary Mills. After an extrication process, Holm was pronounced dead. The Hubbard County Sheriff's Office received a report of a vehicle in the ditch at about 5:59 a.m. Saturday.

A former Cass Lake-Bena Middle School teacher was sentenced Monday for charges in a case in which he sent pornographic pictures of children back and forth on the Internet to other people. Before Judge Paul Benshoof in Beltrami County District Court, Eddie Eugene Himes, 65, of Bemidji, was sentenced for four counts of felony possession of child pornography and one count of felony dissemination of child pornography. Himes received a total of an 84-month stay of execution on a series of conditions for 12 years of supervised probation.